Advertising device



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AN DREW BGRAHAM. PHOTOMTHOAWASHINGTUN, D C

UNITE STATES! I, PATENT. OFFICE. 'n

MYRoN H. RICHARDSON, or WICHITA, KANSAS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 553,598, dated January28, 1896. Application filed April 15, 1895. Serial No. 545,803. (Nomodel.)

To LLZZ whom, it may concern.- f

Be it known that I, MYRoN H. RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, andthe figuresof reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which--Figure 1 represents a portion of a door, looking from the inside,showing my'advertising device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail ofthe spring and block, showing the position of the spring when the dooris closed and the advertising device is hanging in a perpendicularposition. Fig. 3 is a detail of the same7 showing the position when thedoor is open. Fig. 4 is an end view of my advertising device with thesprin g attached. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the block and springthrough line 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6l is a front View of my advertisingdevice, and Fig. 7 is a back view of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in advertising devices;and it consists of a frame adapted to hold a card with the ,desiredadvertisement on it, and the means of securing said frame to the insideof the door in one position when the door is closed and in another-whensaid door is open.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a door-casing.

2 is a door-stile, and 3 represents a glass in the door.

4 is a portion of the frame of the advertising device.

5 represents a chain, one end of which is attached to the door-Casin gat 7 and the other end is attached to the frame 4 with the screw G. Theframe 4 is pivotally held to the block 9 by the screw 8.

10 represents screw or nail holes for securing the block 9 to thedoor-stile through the medium of screws or nails.`

12 represents the portion of the block 9 around which the spring 11 iscoiled.

14 is a loop on the end of one of the arms of the spring, which attachesto the frame 4 with the pin 19. 15 represents the loop on the end of theother arm of said spring for securing said spring to the block 9 in theren cess 18 by the screw 16. 17 represents a recess in said block 9 toallow the arm 14 to freely swing around to carry the frame 4 from aperpendicular to a horizontal position.

20represents a portion of the frame 4 adapted to receive anadvertising-card 21.

Other kinds of sprin gs maybe used in place of the coil-spring used inconnection with the block and frame.

In placing this advertising device on the door the block is secured tothe door-stile with screws or nails. The chain 5 isV first attached tothe frame 4 at 6. Then the opposite end is attached to the door-casing,so as to hold the frame 4 in av perpendicular position when the door isclosed. The block 9 is placed so the spring 1l will be just stiff enoughto swing the frame 4 to a horizontal position when the door is opened.If the spring should be too weak to bring the frame 4 to the desiredposition, the block is twisted around to the left and secured to thedoor. When the door is closed the advertising device stands in theposition shown by the solid lines in Fig. 1, and as the door is swungopen it slackens the chain 5, which allows the spring 11 to swing `theframe-4 up to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, whichwill attract the attention of the person openingthe door,when theadvertisement on the card will be seen.

The cards can be changed at will by slipping one out of the portion 2Oof the frame 4 and putting another one in its place. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In the herein described advertising device consisting of a frame forremovably holding an advertising card, said frame pivotally secured tothe door stile, a chain with one end secured to said frame, the otherend secured to the door casing, a block having the post 12, and thedepressed portions 17 and 1S, a coil spring with one end secured in saiddepressed portion 18, the other end of said spring adapted to swing insaid depressed portion 17 to govern the distance of the swin g of theframe.

2. In the herein described advertising device in combination with thedoor and door casing, of a block provided with the depressed IOOportions 17 and 18 adapted to hold the eol to said door easing and theother secured to spring, with one end of said spring secured the saidframe. in one of said depressed portions, the other ,f T Y Y T endadapted to swing in the other of said de- BD' ROB H' RICHARDSOL' 5pressed portions, and secured to a frame, said Vtnesses:

frame adapted to removably hold im adver- R. L. MARSH, t-sng card, and Lchain with one end secured G. E. MARTIN.

